Sunday, 28 October 2007

Gemini is perceived as resembling the giant form created by the constellation of Orion, encapsulating large sections of the community of Dundon, with “hands raised above head in an attitude of supplication” suggesting a “Christ-like figure” thereby reinforcing a dominant conception of coherence between astronomical and Christian imagery (Janet and Colin Bord, 1977,pp. 219-220).Libra is visualized in terms of a dove (instead of the conventional image of scales) flying over Barton St David. This formation suggests a correlation between geography and visual symbolism on account of the fact that the emblem of St David is the dove suggesting “the balancing power of holy wisdom” (Janet and Colin Bord, 1977,p. 220)

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